Some of my favorite songs from 2021, with one 2020 release that snuck onto the list.

Listen to the songs on a Spotify playlist I put together or most of them on a Bandcamp playlist (unfortunately, I couldn’t find all the tracks on Bandcamp).

And here’s the full track list:

• The Ship Song, Nell Smith, The Flaming Lips

• Lost & Lonesome, Buffalo Nichols

• B-Side, Khruangbin, Leon Bridges

• 25 Years, Jonny Greenwood

• I Wanna Monkey, Guided by Voices

• I don’t Live Here Anymore (featuring Lucius), The War on Drugs, Lucius

• Country Child, Robert Finley

• Mississippi Phone Booth, John Hiatt, Jerry Douglas

• Deep Breath, Riley Downing

• Breathing, Amy Helm

• Mercy, Suzanne Santo

• Take Good Care, Megan Palmer

• Lanyards, The Hold Steady

• Down in the Country, Israel Nash

• Change Things, Abby Hamilton (the 2020 release)

• The Ghost of Cincinnati, Big Red Machine

• Lord of the Flies, Bob Schneider

• Idiot, Jenny Lewis, Serengeti

• Funk #49, Los Straightjackets